Rajkot: Kamlabaug police in Porbandar registered two FIRs for an altercation at the collectorate, where a couple who registered their marriage under the Special Marriage Act were confronted by the woman’s relatives. The relatives allegedly tried to force her to cancel the registration and kidnapped her.According to the FIRs, the alleged offence occurred around 4.30pm…
Rajkot: Long-simmering anger culminated in filicidal bloodshed on Thursday evening, as a resident of New Nehrunagar bludgeoned his 33-year-old son to death.Ram Savseta and his father Babu Savseta had recurring altercations regarding Babu’s criminal activities and personal conduct. Babu initially told police he killed Ram because of Ram’s liquor addiction, but the investigation made the…
Rajkot: A man allegedly bludgeoned his 25-year-old son to death with a hammer while the young man lay sleeping at their residence behind the Rajput Khant community hall in Ahir Chowk within the limits of Bhaktinagar police station of Rajkot.According to police, the deceased, identified as Ram Savseta (25), and his father, Babu, were locked…
Rajkot: In an alarming case of alleged property fraud, an 81-year-old British passport holder living in London was duped of her residential property in Bhuj after being taken to the sub-registrar’s office on the pretext of completing her Aadhaar enrolment.The victim, Lalita Parmar, lodged a complaint with the Bhuj City A Division police, following which…
As of August 13, the state had received 657.71mm of rain Ahmedabad: Gujarat has received 72.36% of its average annual rainfall so far this monsoon, with a sharp regional disparity. While South Gujarat has almost reached its full annual average, Kutch has received less than a third of its normal rainfall.The latest figures also show…
Rajkot: A special Pocso court in Bhuj sentenced a 47-year-old man to life imprisonment for abetting the suicide of his 16-year-old daughter, holding that months of mental torture and obscene harassment by her father drove the girl to take her own life in Mandvi in 2021.Special Pocso Judge J A Thakkar convicted the Mandvi resident…
The house where the electrocution took place Palanpur: A 53-year-old man and his 20-year-old daughter were electrocuted at their home in Rasana village of Deesa taluka in Banaskantha district on Thursday evening.The incident occurred when the daughter, Amisha Thakor, went to hang clothes on an iron wire installed outside the house. She received an electric…
Samples were collected from captive tigers and leopards at zoos in Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Vadodara Rajkot: Scientists may soon be able to unlock vital clues about a wild cat’s age, sex, reproductive status and health—without ever having to capture or disturb the animal- by analysing the chemical signatures in its urine and faeces – according…
Rajkot: A schoolteacher and mother of a two-year-old boy died after she fell from a Rapido motorcycle while riding home on Wednesday and was crushed under a passing fuel tanker on Sheetal Park Main Road. Police launched a search for the tanker driver, who fled the scene.Priyanka Doshi, 28, was riding pillion on a Rapido…
Rajkot: A special Pocso court here on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to five years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl.Judge T S Brahmbhatt convicted Ramchandra alias Sokha Rambiroj Pasvan under Sections 7 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.The…
